If there’s one thing that background performers continually talk about, it’s credits. Nope, not the plastic cards with fantasy money that you can swipe at will and sign your future life away to, the credit for being recognized as relevant to something on camera. The Acting Credit-Money Myth Every extra is guilty of talking about [...]

Yeah, being an extra sometimes is fantastic. Sometimes I’m in love with being able to be on movie sets and TV shows; the prestige of seeing the $250,000 cameras and hearing the 1st AD yell “Background!” before the Director calls “Action!” But sometimes it’s extremely frustrating, and who do we blame? Well of course we [...]

For those that don’t know, almost every aspect of the major film industry is unionized. The transport workers (truck/van drivers), the hair and make up, actors, director, crew… Even the extras (the better paid, better treated background performers).